7-letter words containing l, e, f
- deflect — If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
- dernful — sorrowful, mournful, gloomy
- dewfall — the formation or settling of dew; the dew which is deposited
- direful — dreadful; awful; terrible.
- disleaf — to remove the leaf or leaves from
- doleful — sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- dretful — (archaic) dreadful.
- duffels — Plural form of duffel.
- dureful — enduring and ongoing
- duruflé — Maurice (mɔris). 1902–86, French composer and organist, best known for his Requiem (1947)
- earflap — either of a pair of flaps attached to a cap, for covering the ears in cold weather.
- easeful — comfortable; quiet; peaceful; restful.
- eelfare — (rare, obsolete) the movement of eels, especially migratory.
- effable — utterable; expressible.
- effulge — to radiate or shine
- elf-cup — any of various cup-shaped ascomycetous fungi of the order Pezizales, often strikingly coloured, such as the orange-peel elf-cup (Aleuria aurantia), which is bright orange inside and dirty white outside, and the scarlet elf-cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea)
- elfhood — the state of being an elf
- elflike — Resembling an elf or some aspect of one.
- elflock — (now rare) A lock of hair that is tangled.
- endleaf — an endpaper (usually blank) in a book
- enfelon — to infuriate
- enfield — a borough of Greater London: a N residential suburb. Pop: 280 300 (2003 est). Area: 55 sq km (31 sq miles)
- enfiled — pierced through
- enflame — Alternative spelling of inflame.
- enflesh — to grow flesh or give a flesh-like form to
- enfolds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfold.
- engulfs — (of a natural force) Sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
- eyefold — the epicanthus
- eyelift — A blepharoplasty performed for cosmetic reasons.
- f layer — the highest of the radio-reflective ionospheric layers, beginning at an altitude of about 80 miles (130 km) and consisting of two parts, the lower part (F layer) being detectable in the daytime only, the higher (F layer or Appleton layer) being constant and constituting the ionospheric layer most favorable for long-range radio communication.
- fabrile — Pertaining to a workman, or to work done in stone, metal, wood, etc.
- facedly — (in combination) With a particular kind of face.
- faceful — An amount that fills or covers the face.
- faculae — Plural form of facula.
- fadable — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- faddles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of faddle.
- fadedly — In a faded manner.
- fadlike — resembling a fad
- fahlerz — a grey or black copper ore; tennantite
- faileth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'fail'.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- falafel — a small croquette made with ground chickpeas or fava beans and spices, often served with salad and tahini in pita bread.
- falange — the official state political party in Spain from 1936 until disbandment in 1977.
- falcade — a horse movement in which the animal throws itself on its haunches two or three times
- falcate — curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.
- faldage — the right of a lord of the manor to the manure of his tenant's sheep
- falerii — an ancient city of S Italy, in Latium: important in pre-Roman times
- falieri — Maríno [Italian mah-ree-naw] /Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1278?–1355, Venetian army commander: doge of Venice 1354–55.
- falkner — William, Faulkner, William.
- fallers — Plural form of faller.